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Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch

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Final preparations for Biomass operations

23/04/2025 1855 views 18 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

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Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 45610 views 142 likes

Hera's autonomous surface feature tracking during Mars flyby

Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars

25/03/2025 4143 views 40 likes

Cartoon Hera made using LEGO® bricks, designed by Frans Snik

Hera’s incredible adventures in brick building

13/03/2025 3288 views 31 likes

Sir Brian May and the rest of Hera's science team see Mars image arrive

Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon

13/03/2025 23878 views 139 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby

10/03/2025 27973 views 119 likes

Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

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Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus

18/02/2025 8296 views 67 likes

New Norcia antenna completes one year powered by the Sun

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Downlinking satellite data from space to the cloud

22/01/2025 1823 views 11 likes

Snowy Malargüe

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Malargüe: A satellite dish best served cold

17/01/2025 3190 views 66 likes

ISRO Gaganyaan crew module

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ESA to support Indian human spaceflight missions

12/12/2024 4825 views 57 likes

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Open-to-use SMILE antenna wins hertz and minds

22/11/2024 1320 views 11 likes

Hera fires its thrusters

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Hera burns towards Mars

08/11/2024 5526 views 65 likes

CubeSat Deep Space Deployers in Hera spacecraft

Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home

28/10/2024 5289 views 62 likes

Members of the Hera operations team on launch day

Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come

10/10/2024 5088 views 54 likes

Lifting the dish at ESA's newest deep space antenna

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Uplifting news! ESA crowns new deep space antenna in Austra…

02/10/2024 5125 views 50 likes

Final data captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

Sentinel-1B journeys back to Earth

23/09/2024 5553 views 61 likes

Sentinel-2C model in ESOC's Main Control Room

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A smooth start to life in orbit for Sentinel-2C

10/09/2024 2526 views 40 likes

Cluster satellite reenters Earth's atmosphere

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Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission

09/09/2024 11811 views 53 likes

Mission control GO for Sentinel-2C launch

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Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals

03/09/2024 2845 views 34 likes

BepiColombo Mercury flyby

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Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory

02/09/2024 15932 views 66 likes

Cluster satellite reentering Earth's atmosphere

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Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South Pacific

22/08/2024 6653 views 45 likes

Juice waves Earth goodbye once again

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Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby

21/08/2024 43214 views 111 likes

Hera glides past Didymos to Dimorphos

Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

31/07/2024 4668 views 51 likes

Hera inter-satellite link with Juventas CubeSat

Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with inter-linked radio

24/07/2024 2382 views 3 likes

ESA Kourou communicates with IM-1 at the Moon

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ESA stations support three Moon missions in 2024

20/07/2024 2233 views 10 likes

Juice flies by the Moon

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Preparing for Juice’s daring double flyby

18/07/2024 3402 views 41 likes

Gaia mapping the stars of the Milky Way

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Double trouble: Gaia hit by micrometeoroid and solar storm

17/07/2024 24888 views 182 likes

Santa Maria station

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Tracking Ariane 6 as it soars over the Azores

04/07/2024 6320 views 48 likes

Hera's control team visits the spacecraft inside its cleanroom

Countdown to Hera: launch campaign begins at ESOC

27/06/2024 3460 views 24 likes

Hera and CubeSats in Maxwell chamber

Hera and its CubeSats speak with mission control

13/06/2024 3194 views 12 likes

EarthCARE: to understand how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's radiation balance

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EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission

05/06/2024 2508 views 20 likes

OPS-SAT's mission is complete

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Mission complete for ESA’s OPS-SAT flying laboratory

04/06/2024 2968 views 15 likes

Hera approaches Dimorphos

Virtual flying lessons for Hera asteroid mission

29/05/2024 3496 views 9 likes

BepiColombo approaching Mercury

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Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft t…

15/05/2024 15022 views 107 likes

ESA's new spacecraft control facility in Germany

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The spacecraft control centre of the future

14/05/2024 6529 views 42 likes

Mission control during EarthCARE launch preparations

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Mission control ready for EarthCARE despite disruption

06/05/2024 2688 views 27 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Hera asteroid mission’s side-trip to Mars

25/04/2024 5381 views 36 likes

Juice flyby of Callisto (artist’s impression)

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Juice aces Callisto flyby test

11/04/2024 3661 views 43 likes

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Solar Orbiter prepared for ‘worst-case scenario’

02/04/2024 3764 views 34 likes

Juventas CubeSat deployment

Radar journey to centre of Hera’s asteroid with Juventas Cu…

27/03/2024 4686 views 10 likes

Science & Exploration

Euclid's sight restored

26/03/2024 7855 views 60 likes

Euclid artist impression

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Operations begin to de-ice Euclid’s vision

19/03/2024 24219 views 50 likes

Milani CubeSat deployed from Hera asteroid mission

Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining Hera asteroid mission

14/03/2024 4365 views 19 likes

Simulation of DART's impact on Dimorphos

DART impact might have reshaped Hera's target asteroid

26/02/2024 6165 views 48 likes

Euclid's twin arrives at mission control - front view

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Euclid's 'twin' arrives at ESA mission control

14/02/2024 1747 views 25 likes

ESA Transportable Optical Ground Station

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ESA shipping container's laser link to space

08/02/2024 4609 views 27 likes

Proba-3 satellites

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Picturing Proba-3 for safer double satellite control

01/02/2024 1290 views 6 likes

Four-satellite Cluster mission

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Salsa’s last dance targets reentry over South Pacific

26/01/2024 4758 views 36 likes

ISRO delegation visits ESA - Team photo

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ISRO delegation visits ESA mission control

11/01/2024 4183 views 12 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

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Shining a light on NASA’s deep space demo

18/12/2023 8276 views 104 likes

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